August 2007 Board Minutes

Arrowhead Mfg. & Fabricators Association

Board Meeting Minutes

August 8, 2007

The AMFA Board of Directors meeting was held at 10:25 a.m. at the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth on Wednesday, August 8, 2007.  Members present: Dan Larson, Dave Sarvela, Tom Vacca, Rusty Hogland, and Gary Werkhoven.  Not able to attend: Gene Betts, David Hogan, Byron Helland.

Motion by Werkhoven, 2^nd by Hoglund to approve the Consent Agenda, minus the AR Aging Report.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Program Committee:  Twin City Plating may be interested as a presenter.  It was agreed that no tour will be scheduled in conjunction with December meeting.

Membership Committee –  (Tom Vacca)  Total membership has increased by three members from last year.  The AR Aging Report was reviewed:

Machine Tool Supply – Told Vacca they will renew

Premier Products – Werkhoven will follow up

Swenson Anderson – Larson will follow up

The Laurentian Group – Hoglund will follow up

Duluth Public Schools – Larson will ask Heidi

Marketing/PR/Web/Newsletter:  The Chair position is open.

Motion by Werkhoven, 2^nd by Hoglund to remove the Board Minutes from Shoptalk and place on website in a separate section (BOD Tab).

OLD BUSINESS

Duluth Area Chamber Membership:  Motion by Hoglund, 2^nd by Larson to contact the Duluth Chamber to discuss the potential to exchange memberships at no charge.  Hoglund will follow up with the Duluth Chamber.

Bylaw Changes: Motion by Vacca, 2^nd by Werkhoven to distribute to the membership the proposed changes to the bylaws.  The changes will need to be read at the next two meetings.

Sales Tax on Capital Goods:  Sandy and Rusty suggested a meeting to teach members how to fill out the necessary forms.  Larson will try to get MMA to fund a special event: report in September.

WA Fischer:  The AMFA Board has decided not to endorse any specific member for their services. 

Shipping Program for Scrap Metal Donations:  The LSC trucking program cannot be used for any portion of this program.  Larson, Mike Koppy and Ron Yardley will continue to pursue logistics.

NEW BUSINESS

Wind Energy Roundtable:  Larson and Sandy will coordinate with Lisa Heyesen, APEX, to develop a way to distribute AMFA endorsement of the Roundtable meeting scheduled from 8:00 – 10:00 AM on Friday, September 21, 2007.  Power companies are mandated to use 25% wind energy by 2025.  The purpose of the meeting is to explore whether northern Minnesota is a potential location to manufacture the components needed to build wind energy capacity.

Next BOD meeting:  Wednesday, September 12, at 10:30 a.m. at Hibbing Community College

Motion to adjourn:  Werkhoven, 2^nd Hoglund

Respectfully submitted by Dave Sarvela, AMFA Secretary